Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Year of the Narrative

A lot of people talk about
making changes this time of year. All too often these resolutions are
abandoned within a month and nothing comes of it.

Well, I'm hopping on that bandwagon and I can get the internet to keep me honest.

The
Year of the Narrative is just that, I'm taking a year off of
competitive 40k and diving into the cinematic side of things. We're
talking fluffy armies, narrative events, campaigns and maybe even a
little writing (yikes). There's a couple reasons for this and I'll
elaborate a little on them.

1) NOVA. This was my 2nd
year in a row participating in the NOVA Narrative event and it was a
blast as always. Mike announced that next year's Narrative will be
expanded to incorporate daytime activities to go along with the late
night gaming. Me being the Protagonist for 2 years running, I can't say
no. As we get closer to NOVA I'm going to try and prep my army,
particularly converting up NOVA-specific units/models to step up my
cinematic game.

2) Perspective. At the Alamo GT I took
a goofy Angry Marines army to take advantage of free beer. I lost at
all costs, forcing myself into the lowest score possible and picking up
the "fluffy bunny" award. It was great. This year I'll be seeing how
the other half lives, bouncing around the bottom tables with all the
cool kids.

3) Sanity. 40k has become a clusterfuck in
the past few months. Escalation, Forge World, Stronghold, Dataslates,
Formations, Supplements and even a new edition are flying around causing
chaos for casual and tourney play alike. It's going to be a very
interesting season this year and I think it'll be really fun to watch
everyone lose their minds while I'm off forging narratives.

The
hard part is settling on an army. I've got Necrons, Orks and Dark
Angels. DA are the ultimate cinematic army, pretty shitty in-game but
with all their awesome fluff and minis they are pretty much the ultimate
tryhard when it comes to narrative play. Orks and Necrons are more fun
in the "we just showed up because we felt like fucking with you guys"
sense, which has its own merits. Dark Angels will be a Cypher-hunting
task force, complete with my own set of Cypher and Fallen to provide for
opponents as needed. Orks will be a Dreadmob-esque set up with lots of
walkers and looted tanks to go with my Stompa. Necrons I'm not so sure
on since I can't pick a particular aspect of them I like the most.
Plus whatever I come up with as things progress.